Last Tuesday I posted a story, “Dispute Grows Over Medical Marijuana Plants“, in which a legal medical marijuana-using cancer patient received complaints about her outdoor garden from her neighbor, Mr. Jack Lennon of Vancouver, Washington.  The Vancouver police checked out Mr. Lennon’s allegations that she was growing “a lot more than 60 days” worth of medicine, as per Washington’s state medical marijuana law, and that they were “the biggest plants I’ve ever seen.”  The police found her outdoor grow to be completely within the law.

However, Jack Lennon’s complaint also led to a news story on the local FOX affiliate, KPTV 12 in Portland.  The news story mentioned the name of the street on which Jack Lennon and the cancer patient reside, and filmed the story with the cancer patient’s home featured prominently throughout the report.

Friends and family and the patient herself, self-identified as Tracie, have followed-up on my initial post with updates in our comments section.  According to Tracie:

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Dispute Grows Over Medical Marijuana Plants – Portland News Story – KPTV Portland
VANCOUVER, Wash. — Vancouver residents expressed concern Monday about marijuana growing in their neighbors yard.

A woman growing the pot said she’s a cancer patient and she has a medical card allowing her to grow some for personal use.

But one neighbor said he thinks she is growing more than she needs and he wants law enforcement officers to do something about it.

There are some marijuana plants growing behind one home and a neighbor said he doesn’t think the plants are following medical marijuana guidelines.

“I don’t smoke pot, and I know people that do and I know that that’s a lot more than 60 days. Those are the biggest plants I’ve ever seen,” neighbor Jack Lennon said. “I think if it’s going to be grown it needs to be regulated, it needs to be supervised.”

The woman who is growing the marijuana said that she’s never done anything illegal in her life.

She said she was going to get chemotherapy Monday and that the plants are part of her treatment.

Jack Lennon of Vancouver, Washington, you are the winner of today’s Lousy Neighbor Award!  No, I take it back, how about Lousy Human Being?

Your neighbor is a cancer patient who has followed the law of the state of Washington.  It is not her fault the law has such a vague standard of “60-day supply”.  Indeed, how much is a valid 60-day supply of marijuana for someone who is battling death, losing hair, vomiting, poisoning their body with radiation, weakening, lowering the immune system, plagued by nausea… what, you think three ounces is good?

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